--- title: Mate reckons birds and crocodiles aren't related at all. Who's right? — Crocodiles and alligators · tree and pragmatics description: Mate reckons birds and crocodiles aren't related at all. Who's right? Test 8 of lesson 29 «Crocodiles and alligators» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/29-crocodiles-and-alligators/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [Crocodiles and alligators](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/29-crocodiles-and-alligators/) / t8 # Test 8 · Crocodiles and alligators Mate reckons birds and crocodiles aren't related at all. Who's right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mate, birds · **What happens:** reckon, not be, be · **To what, where:** all This is test 8 of lesson 29 «Crocodiles and alligators» of the biology course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/29-crocodiles-and-alligators/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mate reckons birds and crocodiles aren't related at all. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:29-crocodiles-and-alligators:t8:1 # text = Mate reckons birds and crocodiles aren't related at all. 1 Mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 reckons reckon VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 crocodiles crocodile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 6 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 7 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 related related ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reckon** | present | Mate | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **is** | present | birds and crocodiles | | | all | | related *property* | tree rules | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. *Sentence 2:* Who's right? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:29-crocodiles-and-alligators:t8:2 # text = Who's right? 1 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Crocodiles are birds' closest living relatives ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:29-crocodiles-and-alligators:t8:o1:1 # text = Crocodiles are birds' closest living relatives 1 Crocodiles crocodile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ' 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 closest close ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 7 amod _ _ 6 living living ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 relatives relative NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Crocodiles | | | | | 's birds and closest living relatives | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Crocodiles are closest to snakes ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:29-crocodiles-and-alligators:t8:o2:1 # text = Crocodiles are closest to snakes 1 Crocodiles crocodile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 closest close ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 snakes snake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Crocodiles | | | | | to snakes; close *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Birds are closest to frogs ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:29-crocodiles-and-alligators:t8:o3:1 # text = Birds are closest to frogs 1 Birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 closest close ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 frogs frog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Birds | | | | | to frogs; close *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Your mate is right, they're not related in any way ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:29-crocodiles-and-alligators:t8:o4:1 # text = Your mate is right, they're not related in any way 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 related related ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 12 det _ _ 12 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Your mate | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **is** | present | they | | | any way | | related *property* | tree rules | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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